George Washington University Athletics
Men’s Soccer Adds Iain Langstone to Coaching Staff
1/9/2024 10:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Revolutionaries hire UDC assistant with distinguished resume
WASHINGTON - The George Washington University men's soccer team has identified Iain Langstone as the newest member of the coaching staff, joining head coach Craig Jones and assistants Ben Mortimer and John Szaro in preparation for the 2024 season. Langstone comes to GW after three seasons as a full-time assistant at UDC and with over 15 years of combined club and college coaching experience.
"Firstly, I want to thank Head Coach Craig Jones and Athletic Director Tanya Vogel for this opportunity," said Langstone. "I am extremely excited and privileged to be joining the GW coaching staff, and can't wait to get to work."
During Langstone's time at UDC, his role involved working on all aspects of the program, including match analysis, scouting, preparing and running field sessions, and both local and international recruiting. Langstone was a part of multiple successful seasons at UDC. Notably, he was on staff when UDC went on an 11-game unbeaten streak in 2021, and when UDC reached the East Coast Conference (ECC) Championship Final for only the second time in program history.
Langstone played a role in developing multiple highly-achieving student-athletes at UDC, which includes the 2021 ECC Offensive Player of the Year (Vitor Gomez), the 2023 ECC Rookie of the Year (Isaiah Daniel) and an assembly of student-athletes recognized with All-Conference and All-Region accolades.
"We are excited to get Iain working with our group immediately when they return from break," said Jones. "His experience and player care are a strength that continued to impress me in our conversations."
Langstone brings a wealth of experience from his 15+ years of combined club and college coaching experience, having held numerous positions at each level. Age Group Director, Juniors Academy Director, Pro 23s Head Coach and Maryland State Olympic Development Program (ODP) Assistant Coach are all recent titles held by Langstone, and he also currently serves as the U16 (2008) MLS Next Head Coach and Age Group Lead at Alexandria Soccer Association.
"I know I am joining a program that is in a good place and I am looking forward to assisting in developing the current group while recruiting future student-athletes with a champion mentality, on and off the field," said Langstone.
Langstone played collegiate soccer at D-II Slippery Rock from 2005-09, where he led The Rock to two Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships, three NCAA tournaments and two NCAA Sweet 16 appearances. His career stats include being ranked T-3rd all-time in program game winning goals (six) and T-8th all-time for program games played (77).
Langstone is currently pursuing a US Soccer A youth license, and already holds a US Soccer B license, a United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeper L1 diploma, a United Soccer Coaches Performance Analysis diploma, and is certified as an injury prevention specialist.
"From the start in a very competitive pool of candidates, Iain demonstrated the professionalism and character traits that I believe will improve and continue to grow our program. His enthusiasm for the role will be a great addition for our students' development and will help them individually, and as a team achieve the goals we hope to achieve moving forward," Jones concluded.
